The history and development of protective clothing in Antarctica

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University of Canterbury

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Postgraduate Certificate

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Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies

Antarctica is the only continent with no native human population — it is simply too extreme an environment. No human set foot on Antarctica until, perhaps, John Davis in 1821, and there has been continuous human habita- tion only since the second world war. Antarctica is the only continent with no native human population — it is
simply too extreme an environment. No human set foot on Antarctica until,
perhaps, John Davis in 1821, and there has been continuous human habita-
tion only since the second world war.